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Michael Bublé took to Instagram to pay tribute to singer Dolly Parton, who died at age 80 on Tuesday.
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The B.C.-born Bublé recorded the Christmas song Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas with Parton for her 2020 holiday album titled A Holly Dolly Christmas.
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On his Instagram account, the Burnaby crooner posted a black-and-white photo of the iconic Parton with the words: “What a life. What a songwriter. What a woman. I feel incredibly lucky to have shared even a small moment of it with her. Rest easy, Dolly. You were loved, and you always will be.”
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The Canadian star was one of many celebrities, from Jane Fonda to Oprah to Sabrina Carpenter, who took to social media to say their goodbyes and to acknowledge the impact Parton had on the world.
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Parton, who famously rose from a loving but poor upbringing in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, was the “Queen of Country” music, a Hollywood star, successful businesswoman and philanthropist. During her 60-plus-year career, Parton sold over 100 million records and won 11 Grammy Awards, making her one of the bestselling musical performers of all time.
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Parton’s nephew, Brian Seaver, announced the news of Parton’s death in a video posted on her Instagram on Tuesday. He did not provide further details.
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“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he said. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now,” Seaver said in the video.
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Her death comes after Parton announced in May that she was canceling a Las Vegas residency and that she had been undergoing treatment for kidney stones for several years.
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“Lord, they dig more stones out of me a year than the rock quarry in Rockwood, Tennessee,” Parton said in a statement.
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Another B.C.’er with a musical connection to Parton was Victoria’s David Foster.
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Foster co-produced the 1984 collaborative Christmas album Once Upon A Christmas for Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers and played keyboard and piano on several Parton tracks. He also produced Whitney Houston’s iconic cover of the Parton-penned song I Will Always Love You.
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Parton played her first Canadian show in Vancouver in 1972 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, where she performed as a special guest and opening act for Porter Wagoner’s Traveling Road Show. Read more about Parton’s performances in B.C. HERE.
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